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Kaieteur Falls

Guyana's main tourist attraction is the hugely impressive
Kaieteur Falls, the world's highest free-flowing waterfall.
Kaieteur has a sheer drop of 741 feet (226m), and is 822 feet
(251m) high. At the peak of rainy season the falls stretch 400 feet
(122m) across. Approaching the falls on foot, once can hear a
roaring thunder as up to 136,200 litres per minute of
tannin-stained waters plunge to the river below.

Kaieteur is probably the most exciting of the world's great
waterfalls - Niagara, Victoria , Angel and Iguazú - yet is
easily the least visited and commercialised. It's remote location
certainly enhances the experience: set in lush, verdant, ancient
jungle, you are likely to be the only people there. This is nature
at its most beautiful and powerful, providing a thrilling and
memorable experience for those that make the effort to get here.
Around the falls there is abundant bird life - look out for
swallows nests under the falls - plus rare frogs and the elusive
bush dog.

Get there from Georgetown via either a multi-day hike or a
1-hour flight. Roraima Airways offers scheduled flights on certain
days of the week, although many visitors opt to charter a plane;
the cost is much the same. Once there, a ranger will guide visitors
around the falls, so pack sturdy shoes and beware sheer drops as
there are no guard rails.